Lyrics

DECEMBER

VERSE
I see you?ve broken apart that China doll, the one that took your momma months to earn, but you had to learn if something as beautiful as that on the outside had an inside.

CHORUS
No more winding the key at night. Listen to the quiet that?s howling through your mind. You heard December in her voice, but could not make me understand the tears she cried, the loss of life, the sting of pride descending in December in her voice.

VERSE
Dead trees against the moon staring back at you, past the window. Past your own reflection you?ve got to open it up to hide inside and still look out through the curtain tide

CHORUS
To hear the wind at night. Listen through the quiet that?s howling through your mind. You heard December in her voice, but could not make me understand the tears she cried, the loss of life, the sting of pride descending in December in her voice.

VERSE
My God, my God, I swear I felt her spirit leave this world. In the mirror of an evening current I stood where she sank to be filled.

BRIDGE
Can you tell me that your grace is still enough to be emptied out while I am on this earth?

CHORUS
No more winding the key at night. Listen to the quiet that?s howling through your mind. You heard December in her voice, but could not make me understand the tears she cried, the loss of life, the sting of pride descending in December in her voice. December never felt that cold. December...